Mathew Brady Officer Collection

Post-war photograph of Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston. Johnston was wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines May 31st, 1862. The next day Lee assumed command of what became known as the Army of Northern Virginia.

Major General John Sedgwick, commander of the Union 6th Army Corps. Sedwick was killed by a Confederate Sharpshooter at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, May 9th, 1864. Sedgwick was the highest ranking officer killed for the North.

Major General Henry Slocum commanded the Union 12th Army Corps at the Battle of Chancellorsville. His corps fought on some of the most famous parts of the battlefield; Fairview, Hazel Grove, and around the Chancellor House.

Brigadier General James Wadsworth commanded a division in the Union 1st Corps at the Battle of Chancellorsville. He and his men crossed the Rappahannock River Below Fredericksburg. At the Battle of the Wilderness he was mortally wounded while commanding a division in the 5th Corps. He was a millionaire and refused payment for his military service.

Major General George Gordon Meade. Meade rose from division command at Fredericksburg, to corps command at Chancellorsville, and at Wilderness and Spotsylvania Courthouse commanded the Union Army of the Potomac.

Major General Edwin Voss Sumner was nicknamed "Bull" Sumner. Sumner was the oldest general at the Battle of Fredericksburg. At Fredericksburg Sumner commanded the Army of the Potomac's, Right Grand Division. The Right Grand Division consisted of the 2nd and 9th Army Corps.

Confederate Lieutenant General James Longstreet. Longstreet commanded the Confederate First Army Corps in the Army of Northern Virginia. This photo was taken after the war. Longstreet's Right arm is useless at this point due to a near fatal wounding at the Battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864.